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OLD SERIES, VOL. V.--N0. 203,
Religious.
The Power of God
ie power
of (iod apjieurs in
iting the tliriue and human na-
in the lieraon of our I/onl pnd
Je«ui Cbriat. The two n*
of our Redeemer are tin mixed,
divine na are is not turned into
human, nor the human into th*
no. One »ature doth n<^ awml
up the o her, and so make a
nl distinct|from both; but they
two distil* t natures, yet united
nnmixed, he jmiperties of fuich
re preser e<l entire. What a
nier of po^ er wa« this, that two
res, one Myfae and the other
man, infiui ely distant in tliein
ves, should meet together In one
ii. Here one equal with God
found in tie form of a servant,
and ina;
or and
die same subs'
united in one; the
e creature joiued in
oe, God of all bless
e4ness linked 4*ith a roan of sorrow
a d acquaints with grief.
‘“The word \ as made flesh.” What
cs n be more m racnlous than for God
tdij become mar, and man to become
! that a i erson iiosaesseti of all
glorious [crfeotions and excel-
cies of Deity sliould inherit all
iutirmities aud imperfections of
humanity, sin i xcepte<l. God’s jhiw
1 is seen in mstaining, upholding
supiiortin{ the human nature of
irist, keepin« it from sinking uu
the infiui e weight of divine
ith that va: poured out upon him
our sins, aid making.him victo
over the powers of earth aud
II. Hence his Father says, “Be-
my Sem at whom 1 uphold.”
power of < od apjiears in raising
irist from ti e dead. The apostle
Is us that Gi d exertcsl his mighty
cr in Chris when he raised him
the dead. The Lord spake un
the fish ai d it vomited Jonah
i the dry h ml, be rescued Daniel
»m the lions’ icn, he restrained the
from buruii ig the three holy chib
These were signal declare
•of the D line power, aiid the
of the resurrection of onr glo-
But
1st all these are
is represented by
i mis Redeeme r
j nothing to v hat
t em, for tlia wsis a iiower over
i itaral cause , c irbing of beasts
i id restrainin 5 the elements; but
i the resurre it ion of Christ God
^ ercised a p >wer| over himself, he
< leuebed the - flakes of his owu
1 rath, which was better thau mil-
1 ms of Nebui had lezzaFs furnaces ;
1 * unlocked th e prison doors whereip
t e curses of the law had lodged
c ir Saviour, s .rung<t than the ribe
( f the great Leviajth
J How wondi rful
'iiould be .ra sed
(iarse of the law
weigh tof our 1 ius,
jiith success an
up conflict wi/tn tne jiowers
»th aud hell. Bence he is said to
raised from the dead by the glory
the Father, that is by bis glorious
>wer, and
ban.
was it that he
from under the
and the infinite
to be the Son of
od with pow ;r.
‘ * 1
/‘Because wit} in the grave uiy i*oul
| Shall not be left by Thee.
ICoiraptioB T1 ou wilt not permit
^ Thy Holy (!) ae t» see.”
Ill ■ • U . B.J.
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’ 'he Bible.
As the oal, ,berfoc6s.;uid entire,
r|iu the acor 1 that buries itself iu
exjpau
ever perfect (ifo, till it becomes
‘ gigantic 1 aouai eh of the forest;
die entire Gospel of redemption
'tafc in that ;er}nitial promise con
cerning the ‘ seed of the woman,”
vhksh, buric< 1 in the clods of a
Washed Eden, shot forth its life par
allel with tin 1 gjrowth of humanity.
$ow it appeal s as the teuder twig of
promise to E noeh and Noah; now
dw vigorous sapling of the faith of
Abraham; now the refrenhiug shade
free leafing 011 tn the glorions ritual
of Moses; not' the well known pilot’s
frg.ual-tree tli it guides the course of
Bavid aud Is; tiali; now putting forth
^ blossom c f plenteous promise in
Hie (1 os pci 1 if John the Baptist;
now bo ring the rich harvest
Of ripe truit, n the preaching of the
.ipostles und »r the ministration of
Spirit. 1 Tiiur, through all the
in ail tlie “divers man
°f «iimnunication, it is one
ton! the same Gospel, embodying the
*a«ne great troths in its
stage# of dev shipment.
The Bible and Infidel Reformers
There is a clear amt arukil |mr
pone among our social revolutionists
to destroy the authority of the Bible
as a standard of faith and practice.
The Bible is the sole object of at
tack. It is U*ing assailed with every
weapon which human cuhniiiK can
devise. The declaration of h Ger
man scholar is both true aud signifi
cant: “One perusl has fought for
Christ’s sepulchre, another for hie
body and blood; the (treaent age is
contending for his Word.” The aim
is to wrest from the Bible its claim
to-.Divine origin und authority.
These men and women are trying
to make the Word iff God aiqiear
as nothing else than the word of
man. Fur this end they strive to
put the Bible into cuutradictioti to
itself or iu opposition to the admit
ted conclusions of science. Some
times they disguise their hostility.
They speak in eoiapliuieutary terms
of the Bible. The> call it a ‘‘good
look." They tall us that “there is
wisdom in its teachings.” But they
are sure to tqieak of its deficiencies
aud its errors. U is simply a good
book among good books, and it
istriakes of those imperfections and
faulty statements which bcloug to
till I rooks of human authorship.
There is 110 mistaking the purpose
of these writers. Whether they as
sail the Bible iu bitterness of s|»int,
denouncing it as a fraud aud a lie,
or praise the Bible, gt\ mg it a lofty
place among the many ktmks of
man’s writing, it is evident that
their intention is to so exhibit it
that men will cease to reverence it
as something Divine. The see that
as long as the |>eopte regard the
Bible as from God, as God’s Word,
there is no chance for them to |iro-
pagatr their •' revolutionary meas
ure*. Aleu who believe in the litblo
us Divine are apt to have some very
dear and fixed uoitous about the
authority and binding force of law
and goveriimcut, about tin* duties
and obligations of citizenship, about
tlni sacrmluess and stability of hoi
riage, about the holy nature ami
sanctions of the Christian Sabbath.
Meu who lielieve that they are
taught of God iu their Bible are
eaeecdiugly slow, ho|**le*sly slow at
receiving the theories ami principles
which onr modern reformers are so
busy in stating. They are not teach
aide iu regard to the prim*i|4es that
government and law are merely
creations of majorities; that marriage
in beginning aud continuance ut only
a matter of mutual understanding;
that “projierty is theft* and shook!
be redistributed; that the Christian
Sabbath is a repetition of a Jewish
superstition, and which if it is to
be observed at all, should be ob
served a* a day for unbridled license ;
all domestic spherv*, men usmI wo
men would shrink away in fright
The Bible would bu reinstated to
iU place of Divine • authority. It
would be rev encored by every faUh
and affection of the heart. It weald
be dung to aud defended as the
citadel of man’s most posnous pus
st'ssions, as holding In itself all the
best Interests of hnmnntf) intmsf
of the life that now is sod those of
the life which Is to come.— Wmleh
sms end Rrhertor.
Hearing the Oespsl.
There U a fear frit responsibility
renting upon him who preaches the
everlasting Gospel. The destiny of
immortal soul* rest* upon the man
aer in which be dues his work. He
is an ambassador of t’hrvst, sad
comes with a message of pardon and
peace from God, sgaiast shorn, those
to whom he delivers his mnmage, are
all in open rebellion. It certainly
lireomca hun to do his work earn
estly, diligently sad utajerftillj.
Bui if there is fheh a rrspossi
bility resting u|*m
the Guspnl, there mm^he a correa
ponding responsibility resting spun
those who hear it |>rearhed. If it is
a fearful thing to |mwk that Gos
|«rl in a ejuviess sod nnliffercnt mao
nor. it must also be a fearful thing
to hear it (wearbed ami not give
earnest attention to iL It <*011*100
the «»aff remedy for the diseased
*oul; the eaiy ho|s- of pardon and
(tearr; the only nay to eternal life.
If some deadly disease had srtard
bat
The rWwvf* sf Urn Bbh
, (ft those flowers twa only Mr
spectfied, the Hmt and iify, sad Ihw
first bat Iwfer , oner in Coat it; I,
fr Inn. ii*T; L In Hebrew
nmr is (wsaponndcd of two words,
one Mgmfying to rerer or hide, the
otbre a •iadew. and an may thus be
rendered the srewrinf dnhv | a
the passage in < an licks it fe more
properly n rear had, as tfmusg rsmf.
A variety of opinions euat ss to
what the Bower really Was. (fear
nine considers it to U the nnmdow
id Dr. Thompson says, “It
ia Sharon, sad is found
large, double and lamented, la
naaay |mrta of W
Asia. The toss is
sod much < «ltirated.* Another wri
ter is of upteton that the aamsmw
Is intended fur the ruts, ns that sad
the lily wonld be ia
in w fl
»|*vv* of wild vanes tn Hy ns.
wSm
have thought it takes
hn pots, ahn shall be as the
> sf a dove severed with ail-
IPs. IrrMI t 13,) and in bar
Head shall rias clear ns the
md ftdr ns the moon, to reign
Mm in his
9 in uae man in particular
wo shall nsvsr forgot, not
he did any my great thing,
as willing ns a fortune tether,
feet is, a large legacy might
nan wan wealthy, and with the
of his pea could have made
*. The gwnm gifts whtah
upon us
They cost the
giver nothing. They have nomooey
Twine, wowkl not be collateral in
hank, and yet to the reomvsr they
ia Urn higher seaae.
e thann money value.
re which
as well as a
possibly gifts
i that woman is greater a* politici.ia
; thiU > « tb« Un, ko«r »
tth tlu- powers of ^ utinFr; of
irunlinate consumer of care ami
money, and should give place to
State foundling institutions; that
the Church with its ordinances is a
thing of the far away post, totally
unfitted to the wants of this culight-
ened nineteenth century—men and
women who read and believe the
Bible a# written by holy men who
were moved to utterouee by the
Holy Ghost are tin* last ones to
accept such nonsense and folly as
this. Hence these bold or insidious
attacks upon the Bible, this ridicul
ing of it, or this “damning it with
faint praise,” these open dcnuncia
tions of it with impious blasphe
mous phrase, or these subtle, silken,
bat more effective attacks in the
way of innuendoes ami suggestions,
ns seen in many u page of our |w>iite
literature. The Bible must first be
pnt out of the way. The divinity
iu it which docs so tdightily control
human faith and press human con
sciences, must be taken out of it.
By some blow which will shock
man’s reverence for it, or by some
slow, unseen process which shall
steal away their faith in it—in some
way the Bible must lie dethroned
from the hearts of the (teopic before
these revolutionary measures ami
principles can make any headway.
Let the thing be understood. Let
the ixroplo know for whut end the
Bible is being assailed, its grand
claims denied or ignored ; its trail
sceiideot authority wrested from it.
Let them eat oh sight of the spec
tacle which is revealed for them
when the Bible shall have been set
a#ide. 1s t the curtain be roHctl up
and the remaining acts rehearsed.
Before these scenes of disorder and
havoc in the State, and impurity
And wretchedness iu society, ami
unspeakable shame and distress in
various
Alt ILLUS1 RATION.—“A man is
‘•ircuinscribe* in all his ways by
God’s provid iuce, jast as he is iu a
»hip; for the ugh lie may walk freely
upon the dec cs, he must go whither
the ship bea him.”
upon your body, and there «
one remedy fine that dlwrasr. and
that remedy was offered you, would |
you refuse it f If in bandage for
life, ami tail our <»ffer Was to he,
mo«fe of freedom, wouhl you reject
that offer f If condemned to suffer
dcuth, ami hut «sr offer iff (wnlus
was to he mode, would you allow
that offer to puss umm|trot ed f If :
you would allow thK It would be'
because you did wot fully realise'
your sad conditwwi aad great dan i
ITT
Hurely then you are rrcreaut to*
your own Iml, your eternal Inter
rets, if when the healing holm, found
in the Ha clour’s blood is offered you,
you treat the idler with imliffteeuer. !
Surely it argues a aperies of mum
ty, if y«m allow that offer of |«inlou,
which alone can free you from the
bondage of sin ami Hat tan, ami *e
cure to you the eternal freedom of
the children of God, to hr carelessly
rotund red by you.
Minister* iff the Gospel may preach '
it with all the diligence, earnest ness,
amt |waycrfulness that it k puestlde
for them to manifest; they may !
spmd their It res in the most diligent
exertion to secure the soli at km of
those who bear the tloeprt, and yet
none will be saved by the Guoprl If
they bear it mrrlrssfy, cmUtjf und
jrmjfrrfn*/| If you, hearer of the
GiMprl, would le profited by it, you
must hraf it with prsyerftt! sttew
lion. Seek a friyaml Aeerf before
going to hear the Gospel preached.
Implore I loti’s btrssiog «p*wi him
who is to deliver God*s message to
you. Hear that Gospel with affew 1
turn; not with sleepy indifference.
Who ever beheld men sleeping iu
any other public place of rewort ex
cejff a church f The spirit uf God
can not oreowitwiay the GoAprl aad
make it effectual to the soul of that
man who Is wrapt in sleep. Hear
the Gospel with self application. Do
not suppose it ia intended for some
one else and not fete you. You ore
always mesht when the Gospel ia
offered.
When you hear the Gospel, to
deavor to retain its precious truths.
Retire, reflect, turn it Into |<rayer,
ami thus cover up the seed sown,
that Hatan snatch it not away. Re
member your eternal peace k de
I lending upon that Gospel. With
out its precious truths, yon must
sink down under Gist’s eternal dta
pleasure. Without its precious truths
y ou must be forever and ever la the
society of devils, lienee, dear friends,
“Take heed while you hear.”—-Thcis
ffoa Instructor.
GoV KTol snkhm.—The first act uf
divine justice iu the infant church of
Jerusalem was to punish covetous
ness. Ami yet the church has never
droit with this oio as it should.
“Who ever heard of a man being
disciplined for covetousness T asks
Dr. John Hall. “For other stem,” he
savs, “men are cast out of the church;
but in this sin, which the Bible calls
idolatry , they lire and die without
one honest rebuke.*
iU name from the number six; rick, which may br given away;
by reason of iU tel leaves, tel petals ; ami white Urn giver has loot nothing,
and tei stamina; “the mow, white the reomvre has gamed more than
ness of IU petals. Hn lofty stature, * fortune.
reaching sometimes to fear fete aad Walking along kiaoreh one day,
a half, the delicacy uf ita color, aad acariy a score te years ago, this
the uncommon elegance of all its friend stepped up to onr side, put
imrts render it very attractive*- bta arm iu that te the youthful
/hr. Fites. There are Hfrea te dtf preacher, and, in the oourre of a
fermt colors, white, red, yellow and fe« moment*, intimated that be
orange. It is ecwnmlered that the woakl like to tall as something
lily is Canticles is the wows impe j wlwch would br. to our advantage,
rul. the Persian Uiy. I’alxtet te» tf w c would take no oflenre. By
serves, “the My sj-ken te by **> out manacr aad word, the assn tame
mun was red, and diteillnl a certain Was give* ate only that we should
ltqu«r; it k always brat downwards take m> offence, but, on the other
and itisposed ia the manner of a hand, should be ever grateful to
cross; at the extremity te the sfcia him or any uor tear for auy word
1* tW stem, sbs h has a tuft' of which would amve to auske us wiser
fenres at the top; at the bottom and better in this world. *
of rack leaf te this flower Hiarll “Now,* asnl he, “for years I have
taia watery haasor. forming, as it made it my business to bear the
were, a riry while penri. which first preach an wherever I go, and
gradually dirndls very Hear and though they are always Quite unlike,
pure drof* te water, ami this may yet I generally manage to discover
»w what the spouse cfilk wyrrA’Ua each some attractive power, for
M e are MU te the hty that aumy jigewersllv that which pic***** me
its property (rvill
M tk .iimst , mft 1
rntteiM IRII, KPI BQ iliril Wffff
they ta thr Rate that they heated
their ovens with withered tUka The
“sweet Bowers* which we Bod ia
Cast e t IX may he rendered learn
nf perfume, and softly the rose and
lily most have emitted (heir portion
te fregtaarr from throve It has
bees oheerved that “the roar delights
not is fat anil and rich elay, bat
in rubhtah, ami ruses that grow
there are te thr swortete smell *
That the Lord Jesws is oK forth
under the similttadc te this lovely
Rone of Bharon, ami that he calk
kiamrlf thus, seems apparent from
this Brte verse te thr enad rhSfiter
te t’aatklra, although iqanioos vary
ou this point, smr applying both
rose ami lily to the Hnvkmr, others
tn the Chireh Bnt dees It not age
pear Iu be a rmpcwod commendatioo
to the one te the other, thr perfect
souteaction each has in each other’s
eircllamrjca f The character aad
properties of both flowers may be
fonod ia the Redeemer and the rn-
Ue who is the covering
“the shadow te a great
rock ia a weary land*—has proved
himself thas to the souls te his peo
ple, and concern tag his fragrance,
It went up to God OS a “sweet smell
ing savor,” and come down into our
hearts “an odor te a sweet smell*
While again, the gnnnenu te the
We began to see that mouething
was coming on the subject te preach
lag, where we wens- conscious of
any defect*. This friend was a
dry goods merchant, with no edura
tint) ia particular, bnt was a chris
tian man, an observing man. and
a perfect gentleman—00c te those
men who coaid my almost anything
to yon, and do it so nicely, so kindly
that yon cook) jwmnibly have no 1H-
feeliug.
“Now * said he, “it is my obeerva
twin that the men who sttract and
bold the largest congregation* are
the men whose style of prenrbing is
eonveraations).*
We had t«ern to college, and
studied rhetoric some, but bod not
recollected to have ever heard of
that word tfenuy soch sense before.
Conversational pleaching? lie went
AM:
“Now, I would my to you that
the very first thing which is rssen
Dal to y our success is that you never
enter the pulpit without something
to my.”
Hist struck us as implying that
uor "pulpit preparation on the pre
ceding Habbath hod possibly not
toco quite equal to the occasion.
“Then,” said he, “say it to your
congregation jnot os you would to
twftity person* iu a parlor. If you
were going to ted a company of
rhnmh smell te “myrrh, aloe* and friends something in a parlor, you
roasts," Di xlv t A, which she geta might do H earnestly, forcibly, but
from her onnrnaa tn her Covenant you would not pound and srream
Head. The redness of the roof at them, would you T
might seh forth the ^garments dyed Our pocket handkerchief wiped
in blood* te the Haviour j white aad the perspiration from our y outhfbl
ruddy he k rolled, combining the brow just at that point, and wc
answered him by saying, no, we
would not. The last Habbuth’s la
bored effort, with resultant husky
voice, was just then very distinctly
beauty te both Hty
viewing the lily m a symbol te
the Chart*, It k rosy to understand
how she dwells “among thorn* ;*
internal and external eoemies have
samurai led her on all sides, from the
hour when in Eden the earth was
earned for man’s sake, and it wan
from henceforth to bring forth thorn* tents, conscious that we need not
lyOOK happy, H'pJfl do not frei
“Now,* be continued, “when a
■reams out Ms words, we
throw ourselves back in our
make say effort to bear the sermon;
ve actually brace ourselves up to
bear what k not agreeable. Com
mon people can not alwsjs tell why
they don’t like the sermon or the
preacher; they con not define, but
this they do know, they don’t like
Ik* And be went on. There was so
in what he was
and thistles; but the land looks
down upon her in her rubbish ami
•ays, as “the tfly among thorns, so is
S»y beloved among the daughters.”
In its lofty stature we see the Sn
v tour ; in its lowly aspect, the sin
mNRmi .
In the fading, dying quality of
both lily ami roar, the comparison
holds good no longer. “I am the saying that his words fastened them
loud, I change not,” he says; “Jean* selves in our memory forever: “When
Christ, the same yesterday, todsy. a preacher hss something important
and forever.” But hit Church In to say, as be always may hare, and
her militant stats “eomrth forth a* then talk to the people with a con-
a flower sod Is cut down,* (Job xW:, rersaUonal voice and earnest man
5), bet “glorious beauty is a fading nor, instead te our throwing our
flower*(law. xirlfl: 4), but la yet a solves bock in our seat* with indif
little while, though the has lata ! fere nee. he will met tut Ironing for
ward, anxious to hear every word;
the house will be orderly—still;
there sill be solemnity in the ser
vice which will impress wen. The
preacher will not be exhausted at
the end of the service, mid bearing
will be a pleasure rather than a
pain, as it often is.”
This fri#tid, we nuiqieQt, bad never
read a work on rhetoric or polpit
elocution in bis life, but he uttered
the truth. His words commended
themselves to the consideration of
a young preacher, who, from that
short conversation, gaiued more
knowledge ou the subject of preach-'
ing than be hail ever obtained from
books. He can not fee! too pro
foundly grateful to that man who
kindly reached out a brotherly band
mid lifted hint up to a higher place.
—Her. J. II. VrCnrtu, in the Mctho
diet.
The First Resource
\ ou ba%‘c some trouble tny Chris
tian motor or brother. Yon are sore
and perplexed. You are perhajw
inexperienced, and dislike to ask old
chnsiiaus bow you ishnll dispose of
your embarrassments.It may not
be what you would call a spiritual
pcr;4cxit> ; but what aver it is, tie
sure to ask the Lord about it.
Go to him first. It us his work
you are seeking. It. is his Spirit
that is promised to those w ho ask
for it to guide them into all wisdom.
If, after lay ing the matter before him,
ia w ard light does not come, enabling
you to see y our proper course with
out advice, then the iudkatiou is,
prubalriy that you are to get the
help frbm some od-worker. Fpr
baling asked the Lord, however,
you will no doubt be U tter directed
how to state the matter to your
fellow, and be win U more abun
dantly able to give you the required
assistance. ; J
We have seeu this tried. „ We
have proved it. “Why, Feddy," said
an indulgent father to his almost
hMuo! school boy sou,, “why didn't
ytmr write me ofteoerf 1 thought
you would tell me, any way, when
you wanted money, instead of writing
to your lirothers or the girls for it f"
aud the tone was justly that of
aggiieved love. The boy whose
wants had alway s been so cheerfully
and lovingly- sup;died, had refrained
from asking his father for that
which be had needed, and had .gone
to'other members of the family for
the supply te his wants. - The earth
ly father showed unmistakably that
he was grieved. Better than an
earthly father loves to give good
gifts to his children, the Heavenly
Father loves to give good gifts to
them that ask him. Shall we Chris
tian workers not prefer to go direct
ly to him with ous simplest need,
lather than complain of want, or
go to others for supplies !
t . ,* ' v.
/ A
Giving xp the Prayer Meeting.
Some give up the prayer meeting
by staying awray, aud would let it
die by neglect: others, by discon
tinuing it for a time; and others
kill it ss you have been show ing us,
or iierhaps it might a# well be
termed murder it.
An incident occurs which may be
related as follows: A certain mini#
ter engaged to preach in a place
mu* half te his time, and the inquiry
rose where they should bold their
prayer meeting, as they had no very
odnvenient place. After some con
sultation, it Vas proposed to give
up the prayer meeting; there would
be a saving te expense, as it would
cost twenty-five cents an evening to
warm and light a room, and it would
lie some trouble to hold it at priYate
houses. ;
“Well,* replied the miuistiT, “per
haps it w ould ;. and as they were on
the plan te retrenchment, perhaps it
wonld oe better to have preaching
only one fourth of the time, which
would save considerable. On the
whole, it might be better to give up
preaching altogether, and thns save
the whole expense, which wonld be
quite an item. And further,” he
remarked, “perhaps they could
save something in other respects;
there was the Sabbath, wrhich was
now lost to all profitable labor ; fifty-
two in a ydhr—what » saving, if
they should no longer be kept as
holy time! Then, we were required
by the Bible to do to others as we
would they should do to ns, which
iu voiced a loss, for otherwise we
might take the advantage—deceive
or cheat a little. How much might
be saved by laying aside the rnTes
God has given us, and following out
our own inclinations; strange this
has never been thonght of before.
To what a discovery has this idea
te giving up the pray er mewling led!
Will not the world have reason to
bless us for the deliberations of this
evening V*
What effect this speech of the.
minister bad, or whether the projni
sition to give up the prayer matting
was adopted, we are not informed.
Bnt we have no doubt, in many
places and with many minds, the
argument would appear logical ami
u ns wearable. That minister’s pro
jiositions would gain many converts.
But there is a moral worthy of
notice—the result# of little depar
tures iu the beginning, and giving
up or neglecting the mean# of gface
SS they come in their tarns. One
who neglects his dooct will by and
by neglect his prayer meeting, thro
the Habbath-school, ami then will
nndervaloe the Habbath service*,
aud so on with all the requiremets
of God’s w ord. A careful attculiou
to these little things, if they may
be called such, is srhat makes up
the Christian life, and Christian com
fort kud usefulness.—Zion's Herald.
Knowing the Father. .
Jesus said, “O righteous Father,
the world hath not known this*: but
I have known thee; and these have
known that thou hast sent me.”
Here are the two extremes: “The
world hath not known thee: but 1\-
have known thee.” And here also
is, as it were, the intermediate jKnsi
tion occupied by us: ‘‘These have
known that thou hast sent me,”
They do not know' thee as 1 have
known thee. But they Are in the
way of learning thee to know thee:
for they know me as sent by thee.
1 am edneating aud training them iu
that knowledge of thee which 1
would have them to possess as per
fectly as 1 possess it myself. “I
have declared unto them thy name,
and will declare itnor will I desist
until they know thee as 1 know thee
by experience of thy love, “the love
wherewith thou hast loved me, dwell
ing in tbeos. and 1 in them.” -IJohn
xvii: 35, 26.)
80 Jesos, “the first-liegotten among
many brethren,” is teaching now to
know as he knows the righteous
Father through “the love wherewith
the Father loveth him, dwelling in
ns, and himself dwelling in us.” -
The school is ill-snited in many
respects to the teaching, and the
scholars are not so ajff as might
be wished. The school is but dimly
lighted, and badly aired; the atmos
pherc is too fall of dnst and smoke;
the learners, also, are often drowsy,
and the lesson object is seen through
a glass darkly. But k> ! the hour
comes when the benign Master, the
loving elder Brother, leads os into
the sjiaeious, lofty, bright hall of his
Father’s tnatty-manstoned house, and
presents ns to the Father, face to
face, saying, “Behold! 1 and the
little ones whom tliou hast giveu
me.” Then there is clear light, un-
elooded vision, a foil and perfect
understanding of the righteous Fa
ther, a fall and perfect understand
ing between him ami ns, a fall aud
perfect understanding as there is iu
the case of his own beloved Sou
himself. All that was dark or doubt
ful about liis character and ways is
cleared up. There is nothing auy
where to awaken a suspicion, or sug
gest a question; nothing to give a
partial or distorted view of what he
is, or what lie does. We see him as
he is, and so seeing him, we approve,
and love, and are like him evermore.
—Dr. Ommdliek. -
SrKAK for Christ.—Every word
we speak for Christ is pouring oil ou
the fires of grace in our own heart,
and will make them bum with an
ardor otherwise unknown. The Chris
tian will find that while, before he
commenced this oonrse, he had a
thousand questionings and difficulties
after he has done so, he will scarce
ly have an hour’s trouble with him
self. The truth seems to be this :
Christ ia so kind and unexacting a
master that he will not let his ser
vants fight two battles at once; if
they will take the sword and go iuto
the ouemy’s c&mp, he will keep the
citadel for them; if they will be about
his business, he will set their heart#
entirely at rest—Dublin TVact.
The story of the hnman race is tli
story’ of God’R topple. Unbelievin
souls are the rubbish to be remove
at the judgment day. Ask yourscll
“Am I on that foundation, or am
of the rubbish T” Do you love Christ
Then you are in the temple. Tli
architect ha# keen eyes, and got
around looking to see that all th
lives of the temple are erect, tbii
nothing may give way.